Paros Professor of Geophysical Sensing Systems
University of Massachusetts Amherst
College of Engineering
Department of Computer in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Address: 151 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003
Email: mzink@umass.edu
Office: Knowles 213 B
Phone: +1-413-545-4465
I'm the Paros Professor of Geophysical Sensing Systems in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where I serve as the Co-Director of the Paros Center for Atmospheric Research. My research focuses on Multimedia Systems, Cyber Infrastructure, and Large-scale Sensor Networks. I am Co-Director of the graduated NSF Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) and PI of the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC).
I am a Senior Member of IEEE & ACM.
My detailed CV can be found here!
Our paper "Secure the Stream, Not the Hosts: Attribute-Based Encryption for DRM Enabled Video Streaming" has been accepted at ACM MMSys 2025.
Our journal article "Towards Sustainable UAV Operations: Balancing Economic Optimization with Environmental and Social Considerations in Path Planning" has been accepted for publication in Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
New NSF Award "EAGER: SPRITE: Sensor Processing and Realtime Intelligence at The Edge – Supporting the National Discovery Cloud for Climate with Advanced Networking, Cloud, and Edge Computing"
New NSF Award "CICI: TCR: CAREFREE: Cloud infrastructure ResiliencE of the Future foR tEstbeds, accelerators and nEtworks"
Our paper "FlyPaw: Optimized Route Planning for Scientific UAV Missions" has been accepted for publication at eScience 2023.